It could just as easily be said that the problem with Marxism isn’t with communisim itself, but with the imperfect implementation of communism.
Tell that to the hundreds of millions slaughtered in communism’s name. What do such distinctions matter? In the end, if a belief system manifests itself in totalitarian nightmares, where millions upon millions suffer due to the manner in which the ideology is interpreted — does it matter if there’s some theoretically perfect version in someone’s imagination?
I say NO!
Further, this “professor” writes a mild sounding argument which completely sidesteps the FACT that Muslims consider the life of Muhammad to be an exemplar for male behavior, conduct, and existence. His his congenital predisposition towards thievery, violence, rage, rape, genocide, greed, lust, and duplicity form the core of the Hadiths and Suras, which also form the reality of Islam for all Muslims. The Koran is only one part of the puzzle. On some level, the failure of Dr. Mansur to mention this fact appears duplicitous.
And that isn’t to let the Koran off the hook either, as he attempts to do. The Koran itsself is replete with exhortations to violence, expressions of hatred, and a severe division of the world into “believers” (Muslims) and “unbelievers” (so-called “infidels”) among which there can never be equanimity from the Muslim’s perspective.
Just because this man may have a personal interpretation of Islam which may or may not comport with the modern world, the laws of Man as the West and modern world define them, and a capacity to tolerate that which isn’t sanctioned in his narrow book of worship (despite what he says about it being “infininte in meaning…”) means absolutely nothing to the billion plus Muslims living out Muhammad’s creed of hatred for non-Muslims, and a dedication to the spread of Islam above all other things.
Jihad doesn’t just mean strapping on bombs and “casting fear into the hearts of the unbelivers” as the Koran demands… It also includes the little Muslim girl selling baked goods at the local “community center” to insure that Islam spreads and spreads and spreads until it covers the globe. (Also something the Koran demands of Muslims.)
